The Centre normally holds 3 one-two day conferences in the academic year, and may host others, as well as offering public lectures. The Stephen Copley lecture is held annually, and CECS staff have given papers for the York Festival of Ideas.
Where the CECS community of staff and students gather to hear and debate the latest research about the eighteenth century. Centre research seminars are held regularly in term time on Tuesdays at 4.30pm in KG/07 at the King's Manor.
The CECS Postgraduate Forum is a student-lead interdisciplinary research group that meets to listen to and discuss papers from fellow York postgrads, students from other universities, and visiting professors, in a relaxed and friendly environment.
Reproducing Race across the Black/White Atlantic: England and Jamaica in the mid-C18
Thursday 30 June 2022
Charles and Mary Lamb: Elia and Beyond
Saturday 18 June 2022
London in 1810: Spanish American Independence at 27 Grafton Street
Tuesday 7 June 2022
Tuesday 24 May 2022